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Moloch, Molech, or Molek is a word which appears in the Hebrew Bible several times, primarily in the Book of Leviticus. The Bible strongly condemns practices that are associated with Moloch, which are heavily implied to be child sacrifice. Traditionally, the name Moloch has been understood as referring to a Canaanite god.
May 9, 2024 · Moloch, a Canaanite deity associated in biblical sources with the practice of child sacrifice. The name derives from combining the consonants of the Hebrew melech (’king’) with the vowels of boshet (’shame’), the latter often being used in the Old Testament as a variant name for the popular god Baal (’Lord’).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 6, 2023 · One of these pagan deities was Molech (sometimes spelled Moloch or Molek, depending on your Bible translation). Though the Lord had forbidden pagan worship, and named Molech specifically, Solomon and his people had fallen into a period of apostasy from the ways of the Lord ( Leviticus 18:21 ; 20:2-5; Jeremiah 32:35 ).
- Jack Ashcraft
Oct 2, 2021 · The ancient practice of child sacrifice found renewed footing with medieval and modern interpretations. As English poet John Milton wrote in his 1667 masterpiece, Paradise Lost, Moloch is one of Satan’s chief warriors and one of the greatest fallen angels the Devil has on his side.
Feb 10, 2019 · Moloch, or Molech, is well known in the Bible for being the god to whom child sacrifices appear to have been made in a shrine outside the city of Jerusalem.
- Caleb Strom
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Moloch (also rendered as Molech or Molekh, from the Hebrew מלך mlk) is a Canaanite god in the Old Testament associated with human sacrifice. Some scholars have suggested that the term refers to a particular kind of sacrifice carried out by the Phoenicians and their neighbors rather than a specific god, though this theory has been widely rejected.
The worship of Moloch, which was practiced at a special site (outside the walls of Jerusalem in the valley of Ben-Hinnom) called Topheth, became firmly established in the time of King Manasseh, his son Amon, and at the beginning of Josiah's reign.
